#90 Marcel Dirsus: Why Dictators Always Seem Unstoppable - Until They’re Not
Decoding Geopolitics Podcast with Dominik Presl1 Nov 2025

#90 Marcel Dirsus: Why Dictators Always Seem Unstoppable - Until They’re Not

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This is a conversation with Marcel Dirsus, a political scientist whose research focuses on the fascinating topic of “survivability of dictatorships” - figuring out how and why some autocratic regimes fall while others survive and remain stable for generations. It’s a fascinating topic, and the discussion is roughly split into three parts.


First, we talk the theory: What factors make some regimes weak and fragile, while others are strong and stable? How do regimes typically fall? What follows next after that happens? Or what are the key warning signs that things are about to go downhill?


Second, we talk about the history and we apply the theory on the case of the downfall of communist regimes in Eastern Europe. And finally, we talk about the present, and we use Marceau’s theory to stress test how stable or fragile, or several of the key autocratic regimes of the world today.

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